Manga Classics has a great track record with me – I have DIK’d their Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Jane Eyre – so I was excited to see that they were trying Anne of Green Gables. And they didn’t let me down! This fun, energetic visual rendering of a classic story will satisfy long-time Anne…
In her latest novel, author Sarah McCoy has reimagined the life of one of literature’s most iconic characters, Marilla Cuthbert, sweeping readers back to Green Gables long before Anne Shirley made her home there. Marilla is only thirteen years old when her life is irreparably changed. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, leaving Marilla to…
The popularity of the historical novel has waxed and waned since Sir Walter Scott invented it when he published Waverly. In 1922, Rafael Sabatini published Captain Blood, the tale of a physician sold into slavery who becomes a pirate. The book was so popular, it spawned several sequels and cemented Sabatini’s reputation as a master…
When I am cleaning up the kitchen for what seems like the millionth time or coaxing a reluctant child to do her homework, I remind myself that parenting has its perks. Topping the list for me is the joy of introducing my children to books I loved as a little girl. Over twenty years ago…
A Girl of the Limberlost is a book that I have read over and over and over again, despite the fact that no one could call it a great book. Even I, who love it to death, have to admit it is very sweet and just a little too sentimental sometimes. So, why do I…